FRESHMAN BASKETBALL

Freshmen 25-Williams Freshmen 12 Handicapped by a small floor but completely outclassing their opponents in every department of the game the Dartmouth freshman basketball stars conquered the Williams freshmen decisively in a game at Williams, Feb. 18. From the first jump the Green quintette was never headed and was not forced to exert itself to win. Goas led the attack with five scoring throws in eight attempts from the foul line, in addition contributing two baskets from the flo for a total of nine points. Reber bested him by one point in netting five baskets from the court, and Edwards, Chapman and Wiley each caged a field goal. For Williams, Reed counted from the floor three times and once in six tries from the foul line, gathering seven points. Dowlin and Dugan each shot baskets from the court, and Dunham netted a free throw in two attempts.

Freshmen 40—Goddard 16

The Dartmouth Freshman quintette's passing and shooting were the outstanding features of the contest with Goddard Seminary, Feb. 26, which netted the home team a large sized decision. Both teams travelled rather slowy throughout the first period of the contest when the prep school boys showed their best wares. The latter half of the game was much faster by reason of the Dartmouth team's constant success which was unchecked even at those times when the Goddard five provided birsts of speed. Friedman was responsible for halt of the Freshman points, scoring ten baskets from the floor. Goas added 12 points, ten of them in 13 attempts from the free throw mark.

Edwards caged three field goals and Sailer added another. For Goddard, Driscoll was spectacular with three baskets from the floor and eight in fifteen free throws, his total amounting to 14 points. Johnson s goal from the court added the remaining Goddard points.

Freshmen 28—Harvard Freshmen 24

The same sturdy opposition which the Harvard varsity quintette provided for Coach Zahn's Dartmouth team was furnished for the Freshman basketball team by the Crimson court cubs. The decision in the contest went at last to the Hanover boys, however, by virtue of superior team ,play and closer The game was reported as one of the fastest Con the University floor Both teams emerged at the halfway mark with 11 points Storing the second half of Dartmouth freshmen acquired a lead they managed to hold until the final gong. Friedman was again the individual scoring star with a total of 10 points gained by five from the floor. Goas scored four of five free throws and added two long shots for a total of right points, Edwards and Sailer each following with four points apiece gained from floor goals. Samborski, for Harvard, was deadly from the foul line, counting nine times in ten attempts.

Freshmen 26—Worcester 19

Worcester Academy provided stubborn op position for the Dartmouth Freshmen two teams met at Worcester, March 1. The Massachusetts boys hung onto the lead until close to the end of the first half when Walker and Friedman scored in sensationl which gave the Green team a lead of 11 to. This lead the Freshmen maintaned throughout the remainder of the contest alhough the Worcester team constantly menaced the Dartmouth hoop. Friedman was responsible for five baskets from the floor which credited him with a point total of 10, while Edwards with three such baskets and Goas with six successful free throws in eight attempts tied at a half dozen Points apiece. Walker added another four points by his two baskets from the court.

Freshmen 20—Cushing 10

The Dartmouth Freshman basket shooters staged a strong recovery in the second hal of their tilt with the Cushing Academy and gained a 20 to 10 victory, March 4. Fast passing and teamwork marked the minutes of play and close guard by both teams kept the score boards clean until Clough of Cushing, threw a pretty basket from mid court This was followed by free throws by Goas and Colesworthy and thereafter the school boys maintained a rapid gait and held the Freshmen to two field goals, hanging on at the close of the period to a 9 to 7 advantage.

The Freshman defense .stiffened materially in the second half of the contest and the Cushing team was unable to penetrate it at all, the only tally for the schoolboys coming on a free throw. Friedman, Goas and Edwards meanwhile were accepting every opportunity that offered and accounted for 13 points. The individual scoring honors went to Goas who counted eight free throws in ten attempts, Edwards following with three baskets from the floor, and Friedman with two for totals of six points and four points. Sailer caged the other basket.

Freshmen 31—Exeter 13

One spotless record was bound to be blemished when the Exeter and Dartmouth Freshman basketball teams met at Exeter, March 11, for both teams entered the contest unbeaten. The decision was carried off by the Green youngsters by a decisive score. The class team displayed throughout this game the best form it had shown all season, completely stifling the school boys in spite of healthy opposition. The Exeter team played a close guarding game which slowed up the passing of the Hanover team somewhat but was not so formidable as to halt it, while the Dartmouth yearlings were successful most of the time in keeping the opposition out of range of the basket. Wiley, who counted four baskets from the floor and caged three of his seven attempts from the foul line led the Dartmouth scoring with 11 points, Friedman following with an equal number of field goals and two successful free throws in six attempts for a total of ten points, Douglas and Edwards each netted two baskets from the floor and Sailer one for the Freshmen. For Exeter, Charlesworth scored two baskets from the floor and two free throws in four attempts for a total of six points, Coleman and Clark each threw a basket from the floor and Hatcher and Cleveland registered free throws," the former two in five attempts and the latter one in two tries